Purpose of this documentation is to install Golang on Ubuntu Server. Follow these instructions step by step.
Let’s Begin
- Define the Go version to install
1
GO_VERSION="1.24.4"
- Define the architecture (amd64, arm64, etc.)
1
ARCH="$(dpkg --print-architecture)"
- Define the installation directory
1
INSTALL_DIR="/usr/local"
- Download the Go binary using curl
1
curl -LO "https://golang.org/dl/go$GO_VERSION.linux-$ARCH.tar.gz"
- Extract the downloaded compressed file
1
tar -C "$INSTALL_DIR" -xzf "go$GO_VERSION.linux-$ARCH.tar.gz"
- Link to
/usr/bin/
1
sudo ln -s $INSTALL_DIR/go/bin/go /usr/bin/go
- Remove the downloaded compressed file
1
rm "go$GO_VERSION.linux-$ARCH.tar.gz"
- Add
Golangto environment
1
2
3
4
5
6
export GOPATH=$HOME/go
export GOROOT=/usr/local/go
export GOBIN=$GOPATH/bin
export PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH
export PATH=$PATH:$GOROOT/bin
export PATH=$PATH:$GOBIN
- Verify the installation
1
go version